The Texas Cockroach is a satirical newspaper from the mythical small town of LaCucaracha, Texas. In LaCucaracha, football is king, and citizens have a choice of 137 churches. The Texas Cockroach parodies the unique culture, lifestyle and politics found nowhere else but Texas. Pour yourself a tall glass of iced tea, sit back, and take a virtual stroll through the streets of LaCucaracha. God Bless Texas.

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In an exclusive TCR interview, Osama bin Laden’s widow, Amal Ahmed Abdul Fatah, revealed how horrified she was when the Navy Seals arrived at their Pakistan home. Ironically, it wasn’t the weapons fire or stealth helicopters that frightened his young wife, but the idea of visitors arriving unannounced while her house was “such a mess.”
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The Dragonslayer Sword and Armament Works, originally founded in LaCucaracha by lost members of the Coronado Expedition in 1541, is in grave danger of losing its defense contract to produce catapults for the U.S. military. The Obama administration issued a statement today announcing plans to mothball the project. Texas senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey […]
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The LaCucaracha Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to a disturbance at the 5th Baptist Church of LaCucaracha yesterday. A brawl erupted in the fellowship hall during the editorial meeting of the 2009 Pictorial Church Directory. Pastor Mark denied the incident three times, but the Texas Cockroach staff dug deeper, interviewing committee members to uncover the complete […]
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I recently attended my niece’s wedding in Houston, and quickly realized driving in the big city is much different than LaCucaracha. I would like to share what I learned, in case you ever have to go to a big city. My niece was kind enough to include a map in her invitation, but I didn’t […]
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We’re not too sure about this Twitter thing, but our cousins in San Antonio told us it was a good way for our LaCucaracha residents to read our stories on their phones. We spent an hour looking over ever inch of our phone including the entire cord all the way to the wall, and just […]
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Obese protesters stormed the LaCucaracha Dairy Queen demanding the brightly colored Formica booths be replaced by sturdy tables and chairs. “These booths have been bolted to the floor of this DQ since 1967, and people were a lot smaller back then,” exclaimed a protester who asked to be identified only as “Dude.” “Sure, they’re quick […]
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